http://www.canada.com/technology/tech-biz/index.htmlTechnology business storiesen-caCopyright (c) Postmedia Network Inc.Wed, 01 Apr 2015 18:11:21 ZLISTCANWSNSNUTF81792295InformTagsOnlytech-biztechnologyTechnology - Businesstechnology/tech-biz/Technology - Business/story.html(c) Postmedia Network Inc.tag:www.canada.com:content=10938195http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/meerkat-vs-periscope-twitters-new-live-streaming-app-set-to-dominant-growing-mobile-live-streaming-space?__lsa=257e-d06bMeerkat vs. Periscope: Twitter’s new app set to dominate growing mobile live streaming spaceSince launching late last week, Twitter&#8217;s new mobile live streaming app, Periscope, has exploded in popularity, and has been used by celebrities such as Aaron Paul, Seth Meyers and even Kevin Jonas, leading many to question how long a competing service, Meerkat, will be able to remain relevantTechnology - BusinessWed, 01 Apr 2015 18:11:15 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=10902777http://business.financialpost.com/2015/03/06/apple-inc-music-streaming-platform-may-debut-in-june-reports/?__lsa=aa87-6ad8Apple Inc music streaming platform may debut in June: reportsApple Inc.&#8217;s widely-speculated music streaming service &#8212; expected to be an overhauled version of Beats, but with Apple branding and direct iTunes integration &#8212; will reportedly debut in June at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), and not on Monday during the company&#8217;s Apple Watch press conference.Technology - BusinessThu, 19 Mar 2015 14:58:07 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=10768158http://www.canada.com/technology/tech-biz/Facebook+over+billion+monthly+active+users+million+daily/10768158/story.htmlFacebook has over 1.39 billion monthly active users, 890 million daily usersDespite claims Facebook&#8217;s decline is imminent, the world&#8217;s most popular social network has revealed it now has 1.39 billion active monthly users&#160;&#8211; a&#160;13 per cent increase over last year&#160;&#8211; and 1.19 billion mobile users&#160;&#8211; a 26 per cent increase over [&#8230;]Technology - BusinessWed, 28 Jan 2015 22:22:07 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=10765242http://www.canada.com/technology/tech-biz/Apple+sells+record+million+iPhones+during+holidays/10765242/story.htmlApple sells a record 74.5 million iPhones during holidaysBrandon Bailey SAN FRANCISCO &#8212; Apple had another blowout quarter thanks to its new plus-sized iPhones, which helped the company smash sales records for the holiday season. Apple said Tuesday that it sold 74.5 million iPhones during the three months [&#8230;]Technology - BusinessWed, 28 Jan 2015 00:14:29 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=10732141http://www.canada.com/Sony+close+stores+Canada/10732141/story.htmlSony to close all its stores in CanadaVito Pilieci Sony Corp. will close all 14 of its Sony Stores across Canada as the company continues to struggle to reshape its business. The company made the announcement on Thursday in a memo to the employees of its stores, [&#8230;]Technology - BusinessThu, 15 Jan 2015 18:57:50 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=10729411http://www.canada.com/technology/tech-biz/BlackBerry+denies+with+Samsung+execs+over+potential/10729411/story.htmlBlackBerry shares jump on report Samsung is offering as much as $7.5-billionTORONTO &#8212; Shares of BlackBerry Ltd. spiked nearly 30 per cent Wednesday following a report that smartphone maker Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has offered to buy the Canadian company for as much as US $7.5 billion. Reuters news agency says [&#8230;]Technology - BusinessWed, 14 Jan 2015 23:19:33 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=10358702http://www.canada.com/News/world/Facebook+donating+internet+access+West+Africa+fight+Ebola/10358702/story.htmlFacebook donating internet access in West Africa to fight EbolaFacebook announced Thursday that it is donating emergency voice and data services to workers fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. The internet giant will be providing 100 mobile satellite base stations &#8212; communications terminals that give users access [&#8230;]Technology - BusinessFri, 21 Nov 2014 02:28:54 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=10351765http://www.canada.com/News/world/China+says+successfully+tests+laser+system+destroy+flying+drones/10351765/story.htmlChina says it successfully tests laser system to destroy low-flying dronesBEIJING &#8212; Chinese engineers have successfully tested a laser weapon that can shoot down low-flying, slow-moving drones, state media reported Tuesday. The Low Altitude Sentinel system can detect a small aircraft within a two-kilometre radius and shoot it down within [&#8230;]Technology - BusinessTue, 04 Nov 2014 23:51:22 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=10338878http://www.canada.com/technology/tech-biz/Rogers+Vice+Media+partner+million+joint+venture/10338878/story.htmlRogers and Vice Media partner in $100-million joint ventureOn Thursday Rogers Communications revealed plans to build a production studio in Toronto in partnership with Vice Media. The joint announcement was made in Toronto and both companies say they have plans to form a $100-million joint Canadian-focused venture that [&#8230;]Technology - BusinessThu, 30 Oct 2014 19:40:25 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=10288561http://www.canada.com/Facebook+Apple+cover+costs+freezing+female+employees+eggs/10288561/story.htmlFacebook, Apple to cover costs of freezing female employees’ eggsThe two tech giants hope that covering the costs of freezing female employees' eggs will help them retain more womenTechnology - BusinessFri, 17 Oct 2014 14:22:04 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=10269462http://www.canada.com/News/world/Three+scientists+2014+Nobel+prize+Physics+lights/10269462/story.htmlThree scientists win 2014 Nobel prize in Physics for LED lightsSTOCKHOLM, Sweden &#8212;&#160;Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and U.S. scientist Shuji Nakamura won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes &#8212;&#160;a new energy efficient and environment-friendly light source. The Royal Swedish [&#8230;]Technology - BusinessTue, 07 Oct 2014 16:33:48 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=10208676http://www.canada.com/technology/tech-biz/TekSavvy+could+looking+into+launching+cable+service/10208676/story.htmlTekSavvy could be looking into launching a cable serviceDuring the CRTC&#8217;s latest &#8220;Let&#8217;s Talk TV&#8221; discussions, third-party internet provider TekSavvy announced a new partnership with Hastings CableVision company, possibly signaling that the company has plans to move into providing cable services at some point in the future. These [&#8230;]Technology - BusinessTue, 16 Sep 2014 20:29:45 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=10185776http://www.canada.com/entertainment/television/Ontario+wants+CRTC+Netflix+produce+Cancon/10185776/story.htmlOntario wants the CRTC to force Netflix to produce CanconAs the CRTC explores the future of television in Canada, Ontario asks Canadian content rules be extended online.Technology - BusinessMon, 15 Sep 2014 18:48:03 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=10134200http://www.canada.com/technology/tech-biz/Ballmer+steps+down+from+Microsoft+board+after+buying/10134200/story.htmlBallmer steps down from Microsoft’s board after buying ClippersReed Stevenson Steve Ballmer, who stepped down as Microsoft Corp.&#8217;s chief executive officer after failing to prepare the software maker for the era of mobile and cloud- computing, has resigned as director at the company. Ballmer, once of Microsoft&#8217;s top [&#8230;]Technology - BusinessWed, 20 Aug 2014 17:51:41 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=10069260http://www.canada.com/Apple+buys+Songza+like+book+platform+BookLamp/10069260/story.htmlApple buys Songza-like e-book platform BookLampLate Friday, news broke that Apple purchased a Songza-like e-book startup called BookLamp for a price between $10 million and $15 million. Rumours of the acquisition&#160;were originally reported by TechCrunch and then confirmed by Re/Code shortly after. BookLamp is often [&#8230;]Technology - BusinessTue, 29 Jul 2014 02:39:16 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=10038606http://www.canada.com/Microsoft+announces+cutting+jobs/10038606/story.htmlMicrosoft announces it’s cutting 18,000 jobsToday Microsoft has announced it will eliminate 18,000 jobs across the company&#8217;s various divisions, the largest employee cutback in the company&#8217;s history. Former Nokia employees will likely&#160;account for about 12,500 lost jobs, according to reports, as Microsoft continues to integrate [&#8230;]Technology - BusinessFri, 18 Jul 2014 01:35:39 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9820395http://o.canada.com/technology/techbiz/apple-reportedly-set-to-aquire-beats-for-3-2-billionApple confirms it's buying Dr. Dre's Beats for $3 billionDr Dre. just got much richer.
Apple has confirmed today that it is buying Dr. Dre's audio company, Beats, for $3 billion dollars, Apple's biggest acquisition ever.Technology - BusinessThu, 08 May 2014 22:32:44 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9819977http://o.canada.com/business/building-the-next-generation-of-canadian-tech-startupsBuilding the next generation of Canadian tech startupsTORONTO &#8212; If the next Instagram or Tumblr comes out of Canada, there&#8217;s a good chance it will have spent some time at Ryerson University&#8217;s Digital Media Zone.Technology - BusinessThu, 08 May 2014 21:01:21 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9729248http://o.canada.com/news/national-security-agency-exploited-heartbleed-bug-for-at-least-two-years-sources-say/National Security Agency exploited Heartbleed bug for at least two years, sources sayThe U.S. National Security Agency knew for at least two years about a flaw in the way that many websites send sensitive information, now dubbed the Heartbleed bug, and regularly used it to gather critical intelligence, two people familiar with the matter said.Technology - BusinessFri, 11 Apr 2014 19:36:54 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9729163http://o.canada.com/technology/techbiz/quebec-court-rules-against-telus-over-raising-text-fees-between-2008-and-2011/Quebec court rules against Telus over raising text fees between 2008 and 2011MONTREAL &#8212; A Quebec court has ruled that Telus must reimburse customers more than $2.6 million for text messaging fees that the mobile phone carrier collected between 2008 and 2011.Technology - BusinessFri, 11 Apr 2014 19:12:05 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9646172http://o.canada.com/business/mt-gox-bitcoins-found-415223/Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange stumbles on millions in virtual currencyMt. Gox, the now-defunct bitcoin exchange, says it has found 200,000 of the 850,000 bitcoins that had gone missing and precipitated its bankruptcy in February.Technology - BusinessFri, 21 Mar 2014 16:53:46 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9549043http://o.canada.com/technology/mt-gox-bitcoin-402430/Bitcoin world in disarray as major exchange Mt. Gox goes darkTOKYO &#8212; A major bitcoin exchange has gone bust after secretly racking up catastrophic losses, other virtual currency companies said Tuesday &#8212; a potentially fatal blow for the exotic new form of money.Technology - BusinessTue, 25 Feb 2014 18:26:49 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9526959http://o.canada.com/technology/techbiz/facebook-buys-whatsapp-for-16-billion/Facebook buys popular messaging service WhatsApp for $19-billionFacebook has agreed to acquire WhatsApp for a deal amounting to approximately $19-billion in cash and stocks.Technology - BusinessThu, 20 Feb 2014 17:56:09 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9477017http://o.canada.com/technology/ryan-seacrest-strikes-back-at-blackberry-over-iphone-keyboard-lawsuit/Ryan Seacrest strikes back at BlackBerry over iPhone keyboard lawsuitTypo Products says BlackBerry is trying to hold a monopoly over smartphone keyboards, and that it shouldn&#8217;t have to take its new iPhone case off the market.Technology - BusinessThu, 06 Feb 2014 17:56:50 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9476982http://o.canada.com/technology/twitter-stock-dive/Twitter is not becoming popular enough fast enough for those banking on its successTwitter is not becoming popular enough fast enough for those banking on its successTechnology - BusinessThu, 06 Feb 2014 17:52:23 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9473344http://o.canada.com/technology/internet/facebook-released-information-about-nsa-requests-for-user-data/Facebook admits how many times NSA has requested user dataFacebook&#8217;s annual accountability report outlines how often the social networking company hands over data about its users to governments and law enforcement. But for the first time, the company has also released information about requests from the secretive National Security Agency.Technology - BusinessWed, 05 Feb 2014 22:01:55 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9473320http://o.canada.com/technology/techbiz/microsofts-new-ceo-is-a-safe-choice-for-the-company/Microsoft’s new CEO is a safe choice for the companyAfter compiling a list of more than 100 CEO candidates, Microsoft settled on Satya Nadella a home-grown leader who joined the software maker in the early 1990s. That&#8217;s back when Google&#8217;s founders were teenagers and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was in elementary school.Technology - BusinessWed, 05 Feb 2014 21:59:52 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9468318http://o.canada.com/technology/satya-nadella-22-year-microsoft-veteran-named-as-new-ceo/Satya Nadella, 22-year Microsoft veteran, named as new CEOMicrosoft has named Satya Nadella, an executive in charge of the company&#8217;s small, but growing business of delivering software and services over the Internet its new CEO.Technology - BusinessTue, 04 Feb 2014 20:00:57 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9450472http://o.canada.com/business/best-buy-future-shop-layoffs/Best Buy and Future Shop laying off 950 employees in restructuring effortBest Buy Canada says about 950 full-time employees will be laid off as the company reworks its operations to reduce layers of management and combine some of its sales departments.Technology - BusinessThu, 30 Jan 2014 21:27:14 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9440357http://o.canada.com/business/ipod-sales-plummet-puts-pressure-on-apple-to-release-something-new/iPod sales plummet, puts pressure on Apple to release something newApple Inc.&#8217;s roster of devices is hitting a sales ceiling, underscoring why it&#8217;s crucial for Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to deliver the company&#8217;s first new products since 2010 to revive growth.Technology - BusinessTue, 28 Jan 2014 19:46:26 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9390293http://o.canada.com/technology/u-s-crushes-net-neutrality-law-netflix-loses-big-in-home-market/U.S. crushes net-neutrality law, Netflix loses big in home marketVerizon Communications Inc.&#8217;s legal victory over the U.S. Federal Communications Commission lets the carrier charge extra fees for speedier delivery of online content, potentially increasing costs for Netflix Inc. and other Internet companies.Technology - BusinessWed, 15 Jan 2014 18:03:49 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9224558http://o.canada.com/technology/techbiz/apple-buys-primesense-the-creator-of-the-tech-behind-microsofts-kinect/Apple buys PrimeSense, the creator of the tech behind Microsoft’s KinectThe company that developed the technology in the first version of Kinect for the Xbox 360, PrimeSense, has been purchased by Apple, reportedly for approximately $350 million dollars.Technology - BusinessThu, 28 Nov 2013 20:19:37 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9143952http://o.canada.com/technology/techbiz/microsoft-might-kill-bing-and-sell-off-xbox-division/Microsoft might kill Bing and sell-off Xbox divisionAccording to the Fast Company, now that ex-Nokia CEO Stephen Elop is rumoured to be the new guy in the top spot at Microsoft after Steve Balmer, he has a number of changes in mind for the company.Technology - BusinessFri, 08 Nov 2013 19:19:06 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9138462http://o.canada.com/technology/techbiz/twitter-gets-great-start-on-new-york-stock-exchange/Twitter gets great start on New York Stock ExchangeTwitter Inc.&#8217;s trading debut is occurring without any of the destabilizing computer hitches that plagued Facebook Inc. 18 months ago, handing a win to the New York Stock Exchange as it tries to lure technology listings.Technology - BusinessThu, 07 Nov 2013 18:43:14 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9133929http://o.canada.com/technology/tech-biz/twitter-hires-barclays-to-supervise-ipo-trading-on-the-floor-of-the-nyse/Twitter hires Barclays to supervise IPO tradingWhen Twitter goes public on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, it will trade under the supervision of Barclays Capital.Technology - BusinessWed, 06 Nov 2013 22:10:19 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9128011http://o.canada.com/technology/techbiz/fairfax-financial-scraps-bid-for-blackberry/Fairfax Financial scraps bid for BlackBerryAnother change of plans at BlackBerry puts one of the smartphone maker&#8217;s largest stakeholders in the driver&#8217;s seat to raise a billion dollars in hopes it can resuscitate the struggling company.Technology - BusinessTue, 05 Nov 2013 19:27:01 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9043129http://o.canada.com/technology/blackberry-issues-open-letter-to-reassure-its-customers-and-partners/BlackBerry issues open letter to reassure its customers and partnersBlackBerry (TSX:BB) is appealing to its customers to stay with the troubled smartphone maker as it restructures.Technology - BusinessWed, 16 Oct 2013 16:47:13 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=9022030http://o.canada.com/technology/techbiz/rogers-1-day-of-credit-for-recent-service-outage-cost-the-company-17946000/Rogers 1-day of credit for recent service outage cost the company $17,946,000According to MobileSyrup, Rogers one-day credit for Wednesday&#8217;s wireless service outage will cost the company a grand total of $17,946,000 or $2.25 per customer for the company.Technology - BusinessThu, 10 Oct 2013 18:10:48 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=8998050http://o.canada.com/technology/internet/investors-mistakenly-boost-twtr-stock-which-is-not-twitter-through-the-roof/Investors mistakenly boost TWTR stock, which is not Twitter, through the roofTWTR Inc. is not Twitter. The two companies have nothing to do with one another. But TWTR, the company name, is identical to TWTR, Twitter&#8217;s chosen stock symbol when it begins trading on the open market.Technology - BusinessFri, 04 Oct 2013 16:42:41 Ztag:www.canada.com:content=8997707http://o.canada.com/technology/telecoms-challenge-new-wireless-code-regulating-3-year-contracts/Telecoms challenge new wireless code regulating 3-year contractsCanada&#8217;s major telecom companies have been given the go-ahead by the Federal Court of Appeal to challenge part of the CRTC&#8217;s new wireless code of conduct that would affect three-year cellphone contracts retroactively.Technology - BusinessFri, 04 Oct 2013 15:18:15 Z